FAMU Developmental Research School
Tallahassee, FL
Math Challenge 2023-2024 |
General Information:
Welcome to the 2023-2024 FAMU DRS Elementary School Math Challenge!
The math challenge is designed to give elementary students opportunities to sharpen their mathematical problem-solving skills and have more opportunities to practice and show what they know. There will be 15 sets of challenges every other week starting in late September and ending in May.
Throughout the challenges, the program covers problem solving strategies such as draw a picture or model, make an organized list, look for a pattern, working backwards, and guess and check.
The math challenge is designed to give elementary students opportunities to sharpen their mathematical problem-solving skills and have more opportunities to practice and show what they know. There will be 15 sets of challenges every other week starting in late September and ending in May.
Throughout the challenges, the program covers problem solving strategies such as draw a picture or model, make an organized list, look for a pattern, working backwards, and guess and check.
How to Participate
- Students will receive a hard copy of the current math challenge from their math teacher on the “online” date. Students will work on the problems in class over two weeks. You may also choose to download some math challenges to work on with your students at home for practice.
- Solve as many problems as you can. We encourage you to discuss strategies and solutions with your peers or your parents and siblings.
- Submit your solutions to your math teacher by the due date.
- Prize winners are randomly selected from qualified submissions at the end of each challenge. An announcement will be made online following the due date.
We will keep track of your submissions and give recognition to students who at least complete 12 sets of challenges. There will also be prizes for students who completed the most correct problems in all of the challenges!
The program is completely free, and no sign-up is necessary. This is a great opportunity for students and families to be involved and enjoy math through fun and engaging math problems. We encourage parents and siblings to get involved in discussing and solving them. Schedules and problem-solving strategies are available at PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES.
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